Lead Associate Account Director

Who we are:

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media-buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. 

So if you are talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk. 

Please Note:

This opening is for future hiring.

What you will do:

• Oversee the health of clients and agencies relationships as astrategic advisor, guidingproblem-solvingdiscussions and providing best-in-classclient services. 
• Develop and train a nimbleteam of Account Managers; overseeing their day-to-daymanagement,motivatingthe team by setting clear expectations, developing career path plans, providing constructive feedback, and maintaining a high level of performance from the team to develop the next generation of leaders. 
• Demonstrate the value of The Trade Desk to clients by upselling innovative solutionsthat meet the clients needs and ourbusinessgoals. 
• Lead key agencyclient meetingsincollaborationwithbusiness developmentand trading counterparts. 
• Develop trusting and productive relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally. 
• Lead the development of portfolio-specific goals based on the companys vision and values and work in tandem with the Business Development team to track the progressof portfolio goals on a regular basis. 
• Become heavily involved inproduct developmentby identifying how to build products that provide solutions for our clientsbusinessobjectives and serving as a liaison between our clients and our product team. 
• Work closely with Technical Account Managers to drive custom solutions that benefit the client’s needs and set TTD apart from competitors. 
• Manage team bandwidth while delivering a high-level of account support and reporting progress to build your team.  
• Participate in broader organizational leadership initiatives (e.g., Regional All Hands, Client Services Learning Hours, etc.) ensuring successful implementation and execution by modeling organizational and leadership capabilities. 
• Actively leverage and improve established processes, documents, checklists, etc. that ensure efficient procedures and continual improvement of your pod. 

Who you are:

• 9+ yearsof relevant industry experience with at least 2years directly managing and developinga team.  
• Experience in developing, nurturing and managing client relationships. 
• Strongmanagementandleadership skillsthrough acollaborativeteam approach. 
• A proven track record of driving revenue growth with large customer accounts. 
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry groups. 
• Execute (and coach others to execute) timely in fast-paced environment througheffective time managementand prioritization skills. 
• Ambition to develop personally and nurture the development of others. 
• Excellentinfluencingandnegotiation skills. 
• Highly organizedwith astrong attention to detail. 
• Willingness to travel alongside your team up to 25% of the time.